Concrete CMS

concrete5 is an open source content management and website builder application.

Building and running a website are two very different challenges. Certainly, one person may wear both hats, but the process of launching a great website is far different from running a great website over time. concrete5 lets you do both: build and run great websites. Most other content management systems are built for one side of the equation or the other.

Many CMS's were designed by developers, for developers. Building and maintaining a site with them can be pretty complex and intimidating for someone who can't program computers. The end editing experience works, but to make even basic content changes you're typically working with long web forms in a "back-end." Adding new functionality is something you'll need some technical know-how to pull off. Imagine having to call a consultant every time you wanted to write a new Word document. How useful is that to your business?

Conversely, there's a number of solutions that are geared for the DIY market. Typically starting as a blog, these sites get added to and added to over time until they fall apart. Imagine being told your document was always going to have a cover page, a table of contents, and an index – no matter how simple you wanted it to be. Sure it's great you can get started quickly, but if you want to do much more than what these systems were designed for like using a hammer to drive screws.

With concrete5, you get the best of both worlds. Anyone can start making their own website in seconds, and the editing experience is easy; just click on what you want to change. Developers still get a flexible and robust framework for building sophisticated web applications. With concrete5, however, site owners will be able to make changes and additions on their own, for years to come.

Features:

• Intuitive Editing: Our Editor makes it easy to customize your site exactly the way you want it. No creative limits or coding needed.
• Powerful and Extendable: The real power is in the way you customize concrete5. A wide variety of add ons to extend your website and broaden your functionality.
• Mobile Optimized and Responsive: Your website will look good on any device. Built with modern browsers and mobile devices in mind. They employ the latest HTML, CSS and Javascript techniques.
• Create Forms and Collect Data: Create forms and surveys in a few easy steps without any design or code needed. With the form builder, you can easily create, edit forms in minutes.
• Great Discussions: Our completely integrated commenting system supports threaded comments, and all comments have individual like counts.
• SEO Enabled: Concrete5 is optimized for search without any additional code or add-ons required. Improve your search rankings from the start.